Megalithic Portal: Latest from Yucatan, Mexico

Xcoch

Andy B — Sun, 25 Jan 2026 23:08:10 GMT

]]>Ancient Mayan city in the Puuc region of the Yucatan Peninsula featuring a great pyramid and elaborate architecture built above one of the few cave systems in the region that penetrates the permanent water table. The cave was used continuously from at least 800 BCE until the 19th century for religious rituals.

Xiol (Mérida)

davidmorgan — Sat, 28 May 2022 18:28:24 GMT

Ancient Settlement in Yucatan

Uxmal

davidmorgan — Thu, 15 Oct 2020 16:04:46 GMT

]]>Passageway discovered beneath the Governor's Palace at Uxmal, more details in the comments on our page. Ancient City and Ceremonial Site in Yucatán, Mexico. A Maya city founded ~500 CE with most structures dating from 700 - 1100 CE. The site contains some of the most massive Maya buildings - the Adivino or Pyramid of the Magician, the Governor's Palace, the "Nunnery" Quadrangle and also the Great Pyramid.

Kulubá

davidmorgan — Thu, 15 Oct 2020 15:58:50 GMT

]]>Dig uncovers large Maya palace in Mexico, more details in the comments on our page. A Puuc influenced Maya town in Yucatan dating from between 600 and 900 CE. It was abandoned in the 11th century CE.

Chichen Itza

Jurgen — Mon, 28 Nov 2016 21:58:40 GMT

]]>Original pyramid found nestled inside two larger ones at Maya ruins of Kukulcán - Chichen Itza. See latest comment.. Occupied from 600 AD until the Spanish Conquest, it is a multi-component site with elements from Late Classic (c.600–900 AD,) Terminal Classic (c.800–900,) and Early Postclassic periods (c.900–1200). Chichen Itza is known for the El Castillo Pyramid, temples, and the remains of colonnaded halls.

San Manuel Cenote

bat400 and coldrum — Mon, 14 Jan 2013 16:34:27 GMT

Cenote in Yucatan.20 meter (65.61 feet) deep body of water, accessed through the modern village's well by rappel. The dive is dangerous and access is necessarily limited or prohibited.

Kiuic

bat400 — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 19:11:33 GMT

]]>Rapid collapse of the Maya City of Kiuic. . Ancient Town in Yucatan.Kiuic is a major Maya center (600 BC until AD 1000 (Terminal Classic Era.)) covering several square kilometres in the Puuc region. The site is known for by its vaulted buildings, some still standing, and hilltop settlements. The Maya farmed the flatlands and built palaces and stone buildings on the tops of hills.

Paso del Macho

davidmorgan — Sun, 05 Aug 2012 11:15:40 GMT

]]>The source location of the '2500 year old chocolate' reported widely in the press. Ancient Settlement in Yucatan. A Maya town in the Puuc region dating from the Pre-Classic era.

Kabah

davidmorgan — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 18:47:02 GMT

]]>Archaeologists find royal kitchen at ancient Maya city of Kabah. Maya city in the hilly Puuc region of the Yucatan. Inhabited from about 300 CE and abandoned several centuries before the Spanish conquest. Most buildings date from Classic and Late Classic periods (700 - 1000 CE).

Casa Frederick Catherwood

davidmorgan — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 12:49:22 GMT

]]>Museum in Yucatan State, Mexico.

Balankanche Cave

davidmorgan — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 04:32:52 GMT

]]>Cave or Rock Shelter in Yucatan, Mexico.In 1959 a local guide found a blocked access tunnel at the end of this cave system through which he discovered this amazing subterranean centre of worship.

Acanceh

davidmorgan — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 13:06:28 GMT

]]>Ancient Village or Settlement in Mexico

Xcambo

davidmorgan — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 12:06:41 GMT

]]>Ancient Village or Settlement in Mexico.A very important Maya salt producing settlement on the north coast of the Yucatán Peninsula, it had almost a monopoly on the supply of its product to Chichen Itza, Uxmal and Izamal.

Mérida Anthropological Museum

davidmorgan — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 22:33:01 GMT

]]>Museum in Yucatan, Mexico. The Maya section has a huge collection of beautiful carvings.

Xtojil Cenote

davidmorgan — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 13:30:25 GMT

]]>Ancient Settlement in Mexico